Politico also has a story up mentioning this panic scheme by Schumer to change the caucus rules and move up the Majority Leader vote to next week.

And it all is incredibly shady: "A waiver vote would be conducted by secret ballot, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, which could help take pressure off Democratic senators wary of public backlash."

As public momentum for Van Holland builds, Schumer's strategy seems to be to skulk into the job.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/13/van-hollen-schumer-senate-democrats-01166260